D1 recruit with 2nd thought.

[Anonymous]

OP I know who your son is. You gave away too many details

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are supports for athletes at D1 schools. Tutors plus priority access to scheduling classes. Your student should consider taking a lighter class schedule and take additional classes during the summer, especially his freshman year. What season is your child’s sport?

Academic support is for students who struggle with typical college level classes and, most likely, would be of no benefit to an engineering major.

That's not how it works for D1 athletes. Everyone who wants it gets one on one tutoring and help with all assignments

Not all schools/sports.

This. One-on-one tutoring is for revenue sports, generally speaking.

[Anonymous]

Husband will not be happy if your son quits this sport

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are supports for athletes at D1 schools. Tutors plus priority access to scheduling classes. Your student should consider taking a lighter class schedule and take additional classes during the summer, especially his freshman year. What season is your child’s sport?

Academic support is for students who struggle with typical college level classes and, most likely, would be of no benefit to an engineering major.

That's not how it works for D1 athletes. Everyone who wants it gets one on one tutoring and help with all assignments

Not all schools/sports.

OP said their kid has a scholarship; scholarship athletes are taken care of

Not really. Scholarship athlete: Football with 100% or squash with 10%. Which one do you think the university is more committed to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Husband will not be happy if your son quits this sport

Agreed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Husband will not be happy if your son quits this sport

Why would you say this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are not taking into account the serious negative consequences of taking up a slot and then quitting for academic reasons. The other team members can be absolutely brutal. If this is the plan going in, make sure your DS has a full social circle outside his sport team.

Wat

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are supports for athletes at D1 schools. Tutors plus priority access to scheduling classes. Your student should consider taking a lighter class schedule and take additional classes during the summer, especially his freshman year. What season is your child’s sport?

Academic support is for students who struggle with typical college level classes and, most likely, would be of no benefit to an engineering major.

That's not how it works for D1 athletes. Everyone who wants it gets one on one tutoring and help with all assignments

Not all schools/sports.

OP said their kid has a scholarship; scholarship athletes are taken care of

Not really. Scholarship athlete: Football with 100% or squash with 10%. Which one do you think the university is more committed to?

If a non-revenue mens sport is getting anything, that means the university cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP I know who your son is. You gave away too many details

Didn’t seem like too much to me. Very difficult to guess

[Anonymous]

OP here. DS also checked with the athletic department and confirmed that no one on the team graduated with a STEM degree in the past eight years.

[Anonymous]

What’s wrong with the college of arts and sciences

[Anonymous]

Did this never cross your mind in the past year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did this never cross your mind in the past year?

I know the dad there is no way he would let the DC quit. This is an attention seeking post

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You are not taking into account the serious negative consequences of taking up a slot and then quitting for academic reasons. The other team members can be absolutely brutal. If this is the plan going in, make sure your DS has a full social circle outside his sport team.

This is not a thing.

Especially, as others have pointed out, on a team with a total of 7 athletes. Like the other 6 fencers are going ostracize your kid and a single other student on campus will notice? (My apologies to fencers everywhere if (1) that’s not the team we are talking about; and/or (2) they are often the locus of campus social life and I’m too ignorant to know that.)

Take the admissions slot and be happy. Your son will try to make it work with the sport for at least a year if he’s not a completely unethical loser weenie, and if he can’t balance it with his desired major, no shame or consequence for quitting the sport if he doesn’t need the athletic scholarship. Some other kid will be delighted to have the opportunity to join the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Husband will not be happy if your son quits this sport

Agreed

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